TRT Avaz

TRT Avaz is a channel broadcast by the Turkish Radio and Television Corporation with focusing on Turkey and Balkans. It was launched in Turkey on March 21, 2009 and broadcasts throughout the Balkans, Turkic Central Asia, the Middle East, and the Caucasus.

TRT Avaz

Country	Turkey
Broadcast area	Kızılay Square, Çankaya, Kızılay, Ankara
Programming
Language(s)	Turkic South Slavic
Picture format	16:9 (1080i, HDTV)
Ownership
Owner	TRT
Sister channels	TRT 1 TRT 2 TRT 3 TRT 4 TRT Haber TRT Spor TRT Türk TRT Çocuk TRT World TRT Arabi TRT Kurdî TRT Müzik
History
Launched	21 March 2009; 15 years ago (2009-03-21)
Links
Website	trtavaz.com.tr

Programs are televised in Azeri, Bosnian, Turkmen, Kazakh, Kyrgyz, and Uzbek with Turkish-language subtitles, and include documentaries, talk shows, culture and music programs as well as region-specific films and soap operas. Audiences also have the opportunity to learn Turkish through tutorials.

The channel's name was announced by President Abdullah Gül as "Avaz", a word that means "voice" in many Central Asian languages.